Treasure hunter: A Portland-based company hopes to find billions of dollars worth of platinum ingots beneath 600 feet of ocean. By JOHN RICHARDSON, Staff Writer April 17, 2009 A Portland-based shipwreck hunter says he is about to recover the world's richest sunken treasure – a secret World War II cargo of platinum and diamonds that's worth $3 billion to $5 billion...from the Po
Forum: General Discussions

I have been trying to follow this story with some curiosity ever since I heard a report on NPR last February. Not a lot available on the web regarding the wartime service of the S.S. Port Nicholson. But does this claim make any sense to any one? 10 tons of gold bullion, 70 tons of platinum and 1 ton of industrial diamonds loaded aboard a 25 yr. old tramp steamer barely capable of 15 knots. Gold t
Forum: General Discussions